ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,966, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE (Creteil, France).
"Head-up display" was invented by Arnaud Husson (Creteil, France) and Pierre Mermillod (Creteil, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-up display for a motor vehicle comprises, inside a casing, an image-generating system from which emerge two source light beams, and two projecting optical systems that each project one source light beam toward the exterior so as to form two virtual images in the field of view of a vehicle driver: the head-up display further comprises an occulting part that allows a crossed imaging effect to be elim...